On June 4, Rotary members were at the Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere (Netherlands) for the Stop Plastic Waste Event. This event was organized by the Rotary Clubs Almere, Almere-Weerwater, Almere-New Town, Zeewolde and Huizen Gooimeer in collaboration with Rotary…
Read our newsletter with topics like the Worldwide EndPlasticSoup Action day on June 4, the report of the webinar with Young Ambassadors for Interacters, the Floriade Expo and the Stop Plastic Waste event, EndPlasticSoup at the Rotary convention in Houston…
From 4-8 June the Rotary International Convention takes place in Houston. The theme is ‘Discover New Horizons’. The EndPlasticSoup/ESRAG booth is in #720 in the House of Friendship, supported by ESRAG (booth #722). In this booth you can make your…
The first Saturday of June is the EndPlasticSoup Action Day worldwide and this year it will be the 5th time that this Action Day takes place.
Many Rotary clubs all over Germany, Switzerland and Austria held clean-up events for EndPlasticSoup all over the area as part of the Rotary Action Day on 21st May. The Rotary Action Day was proposed by our RI president Shekhar Mehta.…
4 Girls, 3 continents, 1 mission: movie ‘Girls for Future’ Our own Young Ambassador Nina features in the movie ‘Girls For Future’ that has been released in English, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish and German. This documentary is now available for EndPlasticSoup…
From 30th April – 28th August 2022 in Oldenburg, Germany, you can visit the exhibition ‘Planet or Plastic?’ that builds on National Geographic’s multi-year global initiative to reduce the amount of single-use plastic entering the oceans. Read more on the…
In this online meeting the EndPlasticSoup Young Ambassadors will present their actions & projects to stop the plastic pollution.
Tijdens het Rotary Festival in Maarssen op 15 mei was er volop aandacht voor het verbeteren van de Plastic life cycle: reduce, reuse & recycle.
There are still puzzles for sale from the EndPlasticSoup Summercamp edition. This second puzzle of Rotary Club Winschoten (The Netherlands) was made in collaboration with Rotary Club Leer (Germany): a real summer puzzle with all kinds of activities around the…
French is added as 5th language to our website next to English, Dutch, German and Spanish. English is the primary language for EndPlasticSoup and therefore high frequency articles will only be available in English. These can be accessed via the…
EndPlasticSoup was present at the Presidential conference ‘Economy and Environment in Harmony’ in Venice 18-20 March 2022, our Ambassador Club RC Bruxelles Amitié, Susanne Kraatz met with Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta, She proudly showed our flag, and the flyer…
The OECD presented The Global Plastics Outlook: Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options. The Global Plastics Outlook gives an overview of the challenges ahead and potential solutions.
EndPlasticSoup was represented at the District 1090 Thames Valley Conference 2022 in Oxford, England. Presentation EndPlasticSoup Gert-Jan van Dommelen board member of EPS was one of the guest speakers during the afternoon program on 19 March. In his presentation, he…
Take a look at our latest newsletter with information about: How to start your plastic diet today with Apps and Club action packages Global Grant news: Project Bosnia Herzegovina UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution Kick-off Advisory Board EndPlasticSoup present at…
To inspire our Interactors, we organize an international Zoom conference for Interact (ages 12-18). We have set May 21th, 2022 starting at 13:30 GMT (1.30 pm GMT). Program and Zoom link Our Young Ambassadors will introduce themselves and report on…
We are so happy that the United Nations agreed on a Plastic Pollution Treaty at the 1st of March 2022. The United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi agreed to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by…
At 1st March 2022 the kickoff of the international Advisory Board for EndPlasticSoup took place. In two meetings we discussed several topics regarding latest developments to reduce plastic pollution, how to increase cooperation and how to grow our initiative: The…
EndPlasticSoup installs an international Advisory Board to keep us up to date on the latest developments to reduce plastic pollution, and give us advice how to increase impact, expand cooperation, and choose priorities to grow the EndPlasticSoup initiative.
On 15th February the Rotary Clubs of Mijas International and Marbella-Guadalmina, Mijas Town Hall, and Association Mi Moana, proudly unveiled a large fish sculpture on the beach, designed to collect plastic bottles. The unveiling was performed by Concejalia Arancha Lopez…
We are honoured with the recognition of Gloria Majiga-Kamoto from Malawi as our Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup. Gloria is working for the Centre of Environmental Policy and Advocacy, Programme manager of Natural Resources, and is the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient.…
“We need a full cycle legally binding plastic-treaty Now!” View the video of our Young Ambassador Nina, Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani from Indonesia.
We would like to draw your attention to a press release from the Ellen McArthur Foundation.
Please have a look at our Annual Report.
Dear Rotarians and supporters of EndPlasticSoup, We wish you a healthy, happy and environment friendly 2022! With lots of inspiration and sharing of all our good ideas to raise awareness, take actions, align with others to reduce our plastic footprint, support…
Rotaract MDIO’s (Multi-District Information Organizations) in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania, jointly with EndPlasticSoup organized the webinar ‘Pollution’ on 27th November 2021. Webinar about Pollution Supported and joined by EndPlasticSoup, Rotaract organizations in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania have once again started…
The Manilla Presidential Conference from 26-28 November, Rotary’s largest Asia-Pacific Conference was a great success with 18,000 participants. Worldwide this was the largest convention after the Rotary International Convention (Houston 4-8 June 2022). The focus was on: ‘Growing local economies’…
EndPlasticSoup was present at the 2nd Plastic Health Summit, 21st October 2021. Scientists from all over the world presented the results of two years of research on the impact of plastic pollution on our health. Lawyers, politicians and entrepreneurs presented…
Last year Rotary Club Winschoten (Netherlands) introduced the Christmas jigsaw puzzle with 50 running Santa Clauses. The proceeds were earmarked for the Bubble Barrier project of EndPlasticSoup in Katwijk (Netherlands). The puzzle became immediately a huge success with more than…
Plastic art made by Artist and Rotarian Hugo Soto and RYLA Participants in Mallorca At the first Spanish-German RYLA seminar on Mallorca, 15 schoolchildren got involved in cleaning polluted beaches. The young people were accompanied by Marja Ritterfeld, ex-governor of…
1000 volunteers removed a lot of waste from the Rio Grande! What a great performance again from the team of Bricia ElAlwar, Rotary Club San Bernardino Crossroad District 5330, USA and Anna Mier, from our Ambassador Club Juarez Campestre, D4110…
EndplasticSoup organized the online Synergy Europe seminar on 11th September with great presentations of Expert speakers and a panel discussion about the importance of a balance between Planet, People, Profit and Peace. The seminar has been chaired by Moderator Annika…
At least 20 Rotary clubs came in action on World Rivers Day. Below is a compilation of some of the clubs in action. Bursa, Turkey From our Ambassador Club in Bursa, Turkey: cleanup of the Nilüfer River on World Rivers…
After the deluge on July 14, which also flooded our members’ basements and business premises, we wanted to help clear the trash along our local streams. Two babbling brooks, Caumerbeek and Geleenbeek, originate in the Heerlen area, which were transformed…
Free plastic Bingo App Download free the Plastic Bingo app, In seven languages, have fun and post your bingocard #endplasticsoup Download the app here
Thank you for visiting our Booth at the Rotary Virtual Convention 2021. All content in our Booth will be available on-demand until 10 June 2022 for you to enjoy. Use the login you have received after registration. The Rotary Convention…
What a great fourth EndPlasticSoup Action Day it was last Saturday June 5, 2021. We are so proud!! Actions were organized by many Rotary, Rotaract and Interact Clubs all over the world. Actions in for example Kenia, Philipines, Germany, Norway,…
The ‘Rotary in action’ jigsaw puzzle from Rotary Club Winschoten #RCWinschoten is a great success. “It’s our best promotion ever,” says #FreerkPotze of Rotary Winschoten proudly. “We are almost sold out, except for a few puzzles that can still be…
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